Dr Wenjuan Yu
International Lecturer (BJTU) in Computer ScienceProfile
Dr. Wenjuan Yu is a Lecturer at the School of Computing and Communications (SCC), InfoLab21, Lancaster University. Prior to this, she served as a Research Fellow at the 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC), Institute for Communication Systems, University of Surrey, UK (2018-2020), and as a part-time Research Officer at the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, UK (Aug. 2017 – Jan. 2018). She holds a PhD in Communication Systems from Lancaster University, UK.
Dr. Yu is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Senior Member of IEEE. She served as an Executive Editor for Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (2019-2022), the lead Co-Chair for the NGMA workshop at IEEE VTC2023 Spring, and the Technical Program Chair for the DDINS workshop at IEEE ICC 2025. She currently serves as the Conference Symposium and Workshop Officer for the Next Generation Multiple Access Emerging Technology Initiative (NGMA-ETI) and has contributed as a TPC member for many IEEE flagship conferences, including GLOBECOM, ICC, and VTC.
Research Overview
Her research interests broadly lies in communication systems, with a focus on radio resource management, massive Machine Type Communications (mMTC), low-latency communications, Beyond 5G (B5G)/6G, multi-access edge computing (MEC), and machine learning. Her publications are available on Google Scholar.
Current Teaching
CNSCC141 Professionalism in Practice
CNSCC365 Advanced Networking
PhD Supervision Interests
I am always looking for self-motivated students who are interested in pursuing a PhD degree in EE/CS. If you have a strong background in wireless communications or computer science, along with a solid foundation in mathematics, please feel free to email me your CV. China CSC PhD applicants or visitors are very welcome.
DSI: SustainAIRA6G: Energy-Efficient Sustainable AI-driven Resource Allocation for 6G-empowered Edge-Fog-Cloud Continuum
24/07/2024 → 31/07/2025
Research
SL: MSCA :Smart and Proactive Multi-RAT Traffic Steering for V2X
15/04/2024 → 14/04/2028
Research
Empowering Women in Employment: Bridging the Gender Gap
22/12/2023 → 21/12/2024
Other
DSI: Western O-RAN Dense Mobile Challenge
01/10/2023 → 31/03/2025
Research
FST Impact Fund: Resource management towards future sustainable green wireless networks
15/10/2021 → 31/07/2022
Research
- SCC (Communication Systems)
- Security Lancaster
- Security Lancaster (Distributed Systems)
- Security Lancaster (Networks)
- Security Lancaster (Systems Security)